ML20235B719
| ML20235B719 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Midland |
| Issue date: | 09/10/1982 |
| From: | BECHTEL GROUP, INC. |
| To: | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20234F093 | List: |
| References | |
| FOIA-85-213, FOIA-87-A-23 NUDOCS 8707090162 | |
| Download: ML20235B719 (3) | |
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\ IttO d $f43 Ms. Billie P. Garde PART I . RECORDS RELEASED OR NOT LOCATED (See checaed cosesi No spency records sub,ect to the 'sauset have been located No additenal agency rect <de subysct to the roQuest have been located.
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and that as product.on or declasse a contrary to pie putisic eterest The persons responsitHe for the densi are those emcees identifed be4ow as denymg oMacois and the Dweetor.
Devoie of Rules and Records. OMee of Admestraten for any donels that may be appea#cd to the isecumve Dwector for Operatens troot DENviNG OFFICIA!. title OFFICE RECO8tDS DENIED APP (LL.Atf Of fiCIAL Director 0 Investigations 0-1 through D-8 Ben Be Hayes xx ;
PART 110- APPf.AL RIGHTS The denial by each denying official idantrred ei Part II.C may be appealed to the Appellate Offic al identrred in that section. Any such appeal must be in wettng and must be made within 30 days of receipt of this response. Appeals must be addressed as appropriate to the Executive Director for Operations or to the Secretary of the Comrnseen, U S. Nuclear RegJetory Commission, Washington, DC 20566, and should clearfy state on the envelope and in the letter thet e as an Appeal from en Initial FOIA Deccion mac sonaa es iPori a U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION feasi FOIA RESPONSE CONTINUATION
r RE: F0!A-85-213 APPENDIX D RECORDSWITHHELDINTHEIRENTIRETY-(6)
- 1. Undated Resume (1 page)
- 2. March 5, 1982 Memorandum for Region III Files from James E. Foster, Re: Information Developed. Allegations re Welding at Midland (2 pages)
- 3. March 5, 1982 Memorandum for Region III Files from James E. Foster, Re: Allegations re Welding at Midland (3 pages)
- 4. March 6,1982 Resume (10pages)
- 5. March 8, 1982 Bechtel Power Corp. Inter-office memo, Re: Midland Project, Units 1 & 2 Sunenary of Activities on Midland Site, with attachments (including Oral Examination Records, Performance Demonstration Record, Welding Heat Treatment and NDE, Reference Criteria, Training Record, QC and Basic Reading Requirements records (17 pages)
- 6. March 9, 1982 Bechtel Memorandum, Re: Certification records (1 page)
- 7. March 12, 1982 Bechtel Power Corp. Inter-office Memo, Re: Action taken to determine if a generic welding inspection proble:n exists, with attached list and nonconformance reports (7pages)
- 8. March 22,1982 Memorandum for Region III files from James E, Foster, Re: Contact re Welding at Midland, Docket No. 50-329 (2pages)
. RE: F0lA-85-213 1
APPENDIX E RECORDS BEING PLACED IN THE PDR
- 1. Undated Affidavit, Handwritten and unsigned (5 pages)
- 2. January 1, 1976 Diagram of Prequalified IGMAW and FCAW Welded Joints (1page)
- 3. March 1982 Bechtel Quality Control Instruction sheets (17 pages)
- 4. Various 1982 Bechtel (3pages Q)uality Control Inspection Record sheets
- 5. March 24, 1982 Letter to Consumers Power Co. from C. E. Norelius NRC, re: Routine Safety Inspection conducted on March 2-4 l 1982 (2 pages), with attached Inspection Report (dated March 10,1982)(6pages)
- 6. May 12,1982 Letter to James Foster, NRC, from Barbara Stamiris, l re: Welding allegations at the Midland plant (3 pages)
- 7. July 16,1982 Affidavit of E. Earl Kent (12 pages)
- 8. August 11, 1982 Routine and Transmittal Slip to five named individuals ,
from James E. Foster, re: Visit to Region III office by l E. Earl Kent (1 page) !
- 9. August 12, 1982 NRC Allegation Data Fonn, re: Alleged improper termina-tion of QC Inspector (1 page) ;
- 10. September 14,1982 Routine and Transmittal slip to two named individuals from )
James E. Foster, re: Recent letter from GAP (1 page), I with attached GAP letter to James Keppler (dated Septeniber )
6, 1982) (5 pages) and its original four attachments (27pages)
- 11. October 12, 1982 Letter to GAP from James Keppler, re: September 6,1982 letter to the NRC (3 pages) with attached anti-discrimination j posting (1page)
Earl Kent's Interview (5 pages) !
- 12. October 13, 1982
- 13. February 10, 1983 Transcript of program regarding lie detectors, re: Earl Kent / Defective Welds at Nuclear Power Plant (5 pages) ;
- 14. June 20, 1983 Letter to the Commissioners from GAP, re: Earl Kent (27pages)
- 15. September 7, 1983 ' Statement of James E. Foster to Charles H. Weil, re:
Memos generated with Earl Kent (1 page)
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r E-2 16.. September 14, 1983 Report of. Inquiry, re: Midland Nuclear Power Plant Allegation of Improper Welding and Temination of Quality Control Inspector's. Employment (2 pages)-
- 17. .Various'1983, Investigation Status Record sheets (5 pages) 1984, and 1985
- 18. February 20, 1985 Memo for E. - T. Pawlik from Charles H.' Weil, re:
Employment discrimination by Bechtel at Midland with handwritten note at bottom of page (1 page) i i
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'GO ERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT 1555 Connecticut Avenue NW., Suite 202 Washington, D.C. 20036 (202)2324550 March 25, 1985 l
Freedom of Information Act Request j Director FREEDOM OF INFORMATION fi Office of Administration ACT REQUEST U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washing ton, D.C. 20555 @ p ., g y 3 To Whom It May Concern: gid gy g Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C.
Section 552, the Government Accountability Project (GAP) requests copies of any and all agency records and information, including but not limited to notes, letters, memoranda, drafts, minutes, diaries, logs, calendars, tapes, transcripts, summaries, inter-view reports, procedures, instructions, engineering analyses, drawings, files, graphs, charts, maps, photographs, agreements, handwritten notes, studies, data sheets, notebooks, books, tele-phone messages, computations, voice recordings, computer runof fs, any other data compilations, interim and/or final reports, status reports, and any and all other records relevant to and/or gener-ated in connection with the Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) investigation of the allegations of Mr. E. Earl Kent, and all draf ts, materials, etc., developed by Brookhaven. This request includes all correspondence (of any type) between BNL and the Bechtel Corporation, Consumers Power Company, Southern California Edison, and any representatives or staf f members of the profes-sional societies (i.e., AWS, ASME, ANSI, etc.).
This request includes all agency records as defined in 10 C.F.R.
Section 9.3a(b) and the NRC Manual, Appendix 0211, Parts 1.A.2 and A.3 (approved October 8, 1980) whether they currently exist in the l NRC of ficial, " working", investigative or other files, or at any other location, including private residences.
If any records are defined in 10 C.F.R. Section 9.3a(b) and the NRC Manual, supra, and covered by this request have been destroyed and/or removed af ter this request, please provide all surrounding records, including but not limited to a list of all records which have been or are destroyed and/or removed, a des-cription of the action (s) taken relevant to, generated in connec-tion with, and/or issued in order to implement the action (s) .
GAP requests that fees be waived, because " finding the infor-mation can be considered as primarily benefitting the general pub-lic," 5 U.S.C. 552 (A) (4) ( A) . GAP is a non-profit, nonpartisan fAl7?
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F Freedom of Information Request March 25, 1985 Page Two public interest organization concerned with honest and open government. Through public outreach, the Project promotes whistleblowers as agents of government accountability. Through its Citizens Clinic, GAP offers assistance to local public interest and citizens groups seeking to ensure the health and safety of their communities. The Citizens Clinic is currently assisting several citizens groups, local governments and intervenors in the mid-Michigan area concerning the construction of the Midland plant.
We are requesting the above information as part of an ongoing monitoring project on the adequacy of the NRC's efforts to protect public safety and health at nuclear power plants.
For any documents or any portions that you deny due to a specific FOIA exemption, please provide an index itemizing and ,
i describing the documents or portions of documents withheld. The index should provide a detailed justification of your grounds for claiming each exemption, explaining why each exemption is rele-vant to the document or portion of the document withheld. This index is required under Vaughn v. Rosen (I), 484 F.2d 820 (D.C. Cir. 1973), cert. denied, 415 U.S. 977 (1974).
We look forward to your response to this request within ten days.
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Billie Pirner Garde Citizens Clinic Director i